Build your own file server

If you're anything like me (even before I got really involved with bit-tech.net), you've got spare parts everywhere. You know what I mean - systems that you have put aside as you've upgraded over the years, like Northwood P4s and Athlon XP boards that have gone the way of the dodo. They aren't your top gaming rig - they don't even need 200W to run, much less have 200W for the graphics card.

In my goal of helping you find new and useful ways to use that old crap, it dawned on me - everyone I know complains about files on this computer or that computer, or not being able to get the things they need or want while they're out or away from their home desk. They needed a file server - a REAL file server, with web interface and bit-torrent and the capacity to not tie up your precious screens and keyboards, which are (at least in my house) in less supply than motherboards and hard drives.

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Simple Home File Server

This tutorial explains how to turn an old PC with additional hard disks into a simple home file server. The file server is intended for home use. The home file server is accessible by Windows and Linux computers in the home network.

This Home File Server can work with hard disks formatted in NTFS. So when you need or want to move the hard disk into a new computer, they are accessible by Windows and most Linux operating systems.